Category: Nations Cup
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MRI Test Results Prove 26 Golden Eaglets Players Are Above Age Limit
No fewer than 26 out of the 60 Golden Eaglets players failed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan ahead of Saturday’s CAF U-17 AFCON qualifier against the junior Mena of Niger Republic in Abuja.
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Rio Update : Dream Team To Arrive In Brazil Seven Hours Before First Match Against Japan
Nigeria U23s will no longer fly out to Manaus, Brazil ahead of Thursday night`s tie against Japan at the 2016 Olympic Games, nigeriasoccernet.com understands.
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Nigeria U-23 Team Finally Fly Out A Day And Half To Opening Match
Nigeria Olympic team have finally departed their training base in Atlanta, Georgia, for Brazil after three postponements over delayed issuance of flight tickets. “We are about the take-off now,” a player informed nigeriasoccernet.com shortly before they departed the US around 6pm Nigerian time. From their departure, they are just a mere 31 hours before their first…
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Olympic Update: Taribo Believes Nigeria’s Spirit Will See U-23 Through
Olympian and former Super Eagles defender, Taribo West, has sounded confident for the U-23 team ahead of their campaign in the football event of the Rio Olympics.
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Olympics Update: FIFA Appoints Oliseh To Study Nigerian Matches
Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh, who is on the FIFA technical study group for Rio 2016, has been assigned to analyse Nigeria Olympic team’s matches against Japan and Colombia in Brazil.
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G’Eaglets to Clash With Junior Menas in Abuja
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has picked Saturday, August 6, and the National Stadium, Abuja to host this weekend’s CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between the Golden Eaglets and Junior Menas of Niger Republic.
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Rio 2016: Dream Team VI Still In Limbo In Atlanta
Nigeria’s U-23 male team, Dream Team VI, training in Atlanta, USA for the forthcoming Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Jenairo, Brazil, could not jet out of their training base yesterday to Brazil ahead of their opening match against Japan on Friday, August 5, 2016.
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ONCE In Four Days Training For Nigeria U23s ; Yesterdays Workout Cancelled
For the second day in a row, the Nigeria U23s did not train at the Georgia Soccer Park in Atlanta.
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Olympics: U-23 Eagles Expecting Troost-Ekong In Atlanta Camp
Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong has departed for Atlanta, USA, to join up with members of Nigeria U-23s who are preparing for the football event of the Rio Olympic Games.
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Akinwunwi Pleads With Nigerians To Forgive Flying Eagles
Nigeria Football Federation first vice-president, Seyi Akinwunmi, has called on Nigerians to forgive the Flying Eagles following the team’s ouster from next year’s U-20 Africa Cup of Nations by Sudan.
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Nigeria U23s Friendly Postponed Due To Flooded Pitch
The friendly match between Nigeria’s U23 National Team and United Soccer League club Charleston Battery has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The game was called off few hours to kickoff at the Silverbacks Park because the pitch was flooded. Per a statement on their official Twitter account, Charleston Battery have revealed that the…
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Nigerian duo poised to impress new Chelsea boss Antonio Conte
Super Eagles duo of Mikel Obi and Victor Moses are poise to impress Chelsea new boss, Antonion Conte during the preseason campaign ahead of the 2016-2017 Premier League season.
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I hope NFF pays me whiles am alive -Oliseh
The NFF are reportedly owing two former coaches (the late Stephen Keshi and Amodu Shaibu) who passed on last month and Oliseh who resigned after seven months in charge is hoping they pay them while he is alive.
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NFF to announce 3-man shortlist for Super Eagles coaching job
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will later today announce the name of the top three candidates who will vie for the job of coach of the Super Eagles.
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Olympic News: No Money For Athletes Care
Dream Team VI head coach, Samson Siasia has raised an eyebrow over the financial problems troubling their preparations for the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Speaking earlier this week on how unimpressed hehas been with the team’s shoddy preparations, Siasia said: “It is not a good image to go to the Olympics while trying…
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Paul Bassey to Lecture CAF Match Commissioners
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has invited Nigeria’s Paul Bassey to superintend over the CAF Match Commissioners seminar scheduled for Cairo from July 11 to 17. A letter from the African soccer ruling body invited the respected FIFA and CAF match commissioner to serve as an instructor for the match commissioners who have been…